Total to Receive $834 Million in Oil for Joint Venture Stake/ Total recibirá 834 mln dlr en crudo por compensación Venezuela

Total SA, France's biggest oil company, will receive $834 million in oil shipments from Venezuela as payment for shares of a joint venture ( full information)/ El gigante energético francés Total dijo el viernes que recibirá 834 millones de dólares en embarques de petróleo de Venezuela, como compensación por una participación en la venezolana Sincor ( información completa)

The ideological issue has been conditioned by the context/El contexto ha orientado lo ideológico

When he was a presidential candidate by the end of 1998, Hugo Chávez claimed that he was not a socialist; he gave foreign investors assurance that they could come and invest in Venezuela and said that Fidel Castro's Government was a dictatorship. Was that mere rhetoric or has he undergone a process of deep ideological transformation over these 9 years?( full information)/ El candidato presidencial Hugo Chávez decía a finales de 1998 que no era socialista, ofrecía garantías a los capitales extranjeros para que vinieran a invertir en Venezuela y decía que el gobierno del presidente de Cuba, Fidel Castro, era una dictadura. ¿Era aquello simple retórica u operó en estos 9 años un proceso de profunda transformación ideológica?( información completa)

Venezuela: Hitting Where It Hurts/Disputa con ExxonMobil surge en momento inoportuno para Venezuela

On the Venezuelan side, the effects are already being felt. Company bonds traded in dollars went into their biggest drop in six months due to the uncertainty, while investors frowned over the dubious financial health of the state company, a speculation that might raise costs for the vital borrowings made by the company. Then again, it sounds stimulating for big oil to keep pushing, but meanwhile they could all -- most of them are -- keep profiting out of Venezuelan oil and in this case, leaving a bit more than expected to the Venezuelan government doesn't hurt. And if big oil loses this fight against Chavez, he will have the upper hand for years to come and that will make a very good impression with his electorate. ( full information)/Un arbitraje internacional de Venezuela con la petrolera estadounidense ExxonMobil llega en un momento inoportuno para la estatal PDVSA, que busca atraer recursos frescos para sus ambiciosos planes de expansión, consideraron este viernes analistas. ( información completa)

Oil firms watchful as Exxon fights nationalization/ Las compañías petroleras atentas a la lucha de Exxon contra la nacionalización

Exxon's challenge marks the fiercest rebuttal yet to the recent efforts by oil and natural gas producing nations to take advantage of soaring energy costs by changing contract terms to increase returns to the state. "I think the simple answer is, other companies are going to watch and wait and see if this approach of Exxon's is effective," said Mike Wittner, analyst with Societe Generale in London ( full information)/ El desafío de Exxon marca la impugnación más feroz de los esfuerzos recientes de las naciones productores de petróleo y gas de aprovecharse de costos energéticos altísimos para cambiar los términos de los contrato paral aumentar los ingresos a los estados. "Pienso que es la respuesta simple, otras compañías van a mirar y esperar y a considerar si este acercamiento de Exxon es eficaz," dijeron Mike Wittner, analista de la Societe Generale en Londres

Venezuela Groups Bash Globovision/Organizaciones prochávez protestan contra canal de TV venezolano

More than 30 popular movements of Venezuela demonstrate their opposition to the information policy of the private Globovision, with vigils at the entrance to the television station, informed activist Marcos Sosa.(full information)/Organizaciones sociales identificadas con el gobierno del presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, anunciaron este jueves actividades de protesta contra la política editorial del canal de televisión opositor Globovisión.( información completa)

Time to liberate the Liberator/ Tiempo de liberar al Libertador

Venezuela's president rewrites the history of his hero ( full information)/ El presidente venezolano reescribe la historia del heroe nacional

In Venezuela, Faith in Chávez Starts to Wane/ En Venezuela, la fe en Chávez comienza a disminuir

These should be the best of times for Venezuela, blessed with the largest conventional oil reserves outside the Middle East and oil prices near record highs. But this country’s economic and social problems have become so acute lately that President Hugo Chávez is facing an unusual onslaught of criticism, even from his own supporters, about his management of the country (full information)/ Éstas deberían ser los mejores tiempos para Venezuela, bendita con las reservas convencionales más grandes del petróleo fuera del Oriente Medio y los precios llegando a precios records. Pero los problemas económicos y sociales de este país han llegado a ser tan agudos últimamente que el presidente Hugo Chávez está haciendo frente al impacto de la inusual crítica de sus propios partidarios, sobre su gerencia del país